Everyone talks about what happened when they were at these two shows. I was 17 and I was there too with a very pretty SurfGirl from Orange County. She had a crush on me & I thought a first date seeing the Grateful Dead was a Special Thing. WELL HECK, IT WAS A SPECIAL THING. Jerry Garcia was 30 feet away & played pedal-steel for a full set with NRPS, then he played a full night with our boys. It only took 15 minutes into NRPS when my SurfGirl excused herself to the bathroom—that’s sort of normal. So after 20 minutes I thought it was still normal, then it turned into 1 hour, then 1 ½ hours, then 3 hours, and of course, the whole show. Since it was a Dead show & a great night, I thought she found her true psychedelic SurfDude, and she was out dancing with him. I thought I was bum-out-of-luck. BUT, when the lights came back on in the Hollywood Palladium, my SurfBabe came back to our table. Her hair was wet and she was drained from crying for 3+ hours in the toilet stall. I asked her what was wrong and she screamed “what is your problem?…you didn’t even notice I was gone...I told you I was going to the bathroom…and you left me in there for 3 hours…why didn’t you save me from these hairy miscreants?…” It was a very long drive back to Huntington Beach.

True Story. No BS.


I am going to post this on the 8/6 show also. I don't remember which day I was there.

How is it possible that both the audience and soundboard copies all have Not Fade and Bird Song missing? Did aliens come down and vamp everybody’s brain and the tape deck to remove these two tunes? Strange indeed.

one of the best audience recordings from 71 that i have heard. do yourself a favor and listen to it in its entirety. thank you to whoever was at this show and recorded it for us to be able to experience it 42 years later!!

what more can be said about this recording?! could you imagine if they were all this good next nite may even be better!! incredible!!

I'm not an aud source guy; there is a very small part of my collection from aud sources. That being said, this night and the next night are the two gems from the aud that I have on disc. The next night is better, which means light this one up and the next night. Must haves.

epic, the second set is a little weeker then the first but this shows my favorite downloadable recording i have came across of

...however, the material from the second set sounds like it is from another source?? Regardless, this is about as good a 71 AUD as you could hope for. GREAT first set with standout performances of Mr. Charlie, Cryptical > Drums > Other One and Casey Jones. Recommended download.

excellent

oh so sweet

5

This is one of the best downloadable shows left! If you are looking for great quality in an aud tape, look no further. DOWNLOAD NOW!

Thank you, Archive, for making this available. This recording reflects The Grateful Dead scene entirely, to include the band, crew, audience and the deadicated taper who made it possible to experience 35 years later...in all its beautiful ugliness (and Pigpen too!). All Heads, young and old, should download this one.

This a really well-preserved recording. Levels seems to have solid freq. range, crisp highs and very, very clear. Any sound critic should be impressed by this one. Nice work. Opens up with a solid Bertha which at the end of,Bobby instructs "guy with the microphone" to move back 40 feet for the best recording. This one gets 5 skulls for Bobby's words of recording encouragement

I totally agree with Dank, this is an excellent audience recording and a tremendous performance. I've had an XLII of this baby for years, this is the Grateful Dead.

This is just wonderful. An absolutely smokin' performance so psychedelic your teeth will clench. You know it's gonna be a weird night when Jerry forgets to sing until the 3rd Bertha verse. A top-notch Other One. A nice fall-off-the-ledge-and-crawl-slowly-back GDTRFB.
The recording is great -- solid and musical -- you can hear every instrument clearly and the excitement in the room is palpable. Yeah, there are some flaws (and a couple missing tracks) but it's an audience from 1971.
Don't think about it -- just download. It's a keeper.